GED - SOCIAL STUDIES 2026 EXAM,
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Christopher Columbus - answerItalian explorer, sailing on behalf of Spain
Virginia - answerWhere Jamestown was established
Massachusetts - answerWhere the pilgrims landed
Mayflower Compact - answerEstablished a set of basic laws for the Pilgrims
Rhode Island - answerFounded by Roger Williams (law dealings and religion kept
separate)
Connecticut - answerFounded by Thomas Hooker (where men could vote regardless of
church membership)
New Hampshire - answerEstablished when colonists from Massachusetts moved farther
North.
Maryland - answerFounded by Cecilius Calvert (so Catholics could escape persecution)
North Carolina and South Carolina - answerSettled because of it's quality farmland
New York - answerGiven by the king to his brother, the Duke of York
New Jersey - answerGiven by the Duke of York to his friends
Pennsylvania - answerFounded by William Penn, for Quakers
Delaware - answerOnce part of Pennsylvania, then became a new colony
Georgia - answerA colony started to keep French and Spanish out of South Carolina.
Named in honor of the king.
Sugar Act of 1764 - answerTaxed sugar as well as coffee and cloth
Stamp Act of 1765 - answerRequired colonists to pay for British stamps on any official
document.
Townshend Act - answerTaxed imported items from Britain to the colonies.
Boston Massacre - answerAn argument between a group of colonists and a British
soldier grew to include several soldiers. Killed five colonists.
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Christopher Columbus - answerItalian explorer, sailing on behalf of Spain
Virginia - answerWhere Jamestown was established
Massachusetts - answerWhere the pilgrims landed
Mayflower Compact - answerEstablished a set of basic laws for the Pilgrims
Rhode Island - answerFounded by Roger Williams (law dealings and religion kept
separate)
Connecticut - answerFounded by Thomas Hooker (where men could vote regardless of
church membership)
New Hampshire - answerEstablished when colonists from Massachusetts moved farther
North.
Maryland - answerFounded by Cecilius Calvert (so Catholics could escape persecution)
North Carolina and South Carolina - answerSettled because of it's quality farmland
New York - answerGiven by the king to his brother, the Duke of York
New Jersey - answerGiven by the Duke of York to his friends
Pennsylvania - answerFounded by William Penn, for Quakers
Delaware - answerOnce part of Pennsylvania, then became a new colony
Georgia - answerA colony started to keep French and Spanish out of South Carolina.
Named in honor of the king.
Sugar Act of 1764 - answerTaxed sugar as well as coffee and cloth
Stamp Act of 1765 - answerRequired colonists to pay for British stamps on any official
document.
Townshend Act - answerTaxed imported items from Britain to the colonies.
Boston Massacre - answerAn argument between a group of colonists and a British
soldier grew to include several soldiers. Killed five colonists.
